Avocado

History:

The Avocado tree is a dense, perennial, evergreen tree that may reach a height of eighty feet, and the fruit of the Alligator Pear (one of its common names) is highly nutritious and has a soft, smooth, buttery flesh with a bland, nutlike flavor. The fat content of the flesh is very high, and the center of the fruit has a large smooth stone (pit). The skin of the Avocado has a coarse texture and may vary from green to maroon in color. The flowers are inconspicuous, greenish-yellow, and the size of the fruit may also vary from one to eight inches in length, with a weight of between two ounces to four pounds. There are three cultivated species of Avocado: Mexican, Guatemalan and West Indian, with many hybrid forms among all three types.The Avocado probably originated in southern Mexico sometime between 7000 and 5000 B.C., and was cultivated from the Rio Grande to central Peru by 500 B.C.  This nutritious fruit has been a part of the New World diet for over two thousand years. The Aztecs called the Avocado the Nahuatl word, ahuacatl, meaning "testicle," because of its shape, and was considered it to be a sexual stimulant. The Mayans thought it to be a multifaceted beauty treatment for smooth skin and lustrous hair, and the Spanish conquistadors, who could not pronounce the Aztec name, changed it to a manageable aguacate. The first English-language mention of Avocado was by Sir Henry Sloane in 1696, and by 1871, when Judge R. B. Ord of Santa Barbara, California, successfully introduced Avocados to the United States with trees from Mexico, growers soon afterward realized the commercial potential of the Avocado as a valuable cash crop. A single California Avocado tree can produce up to sixty pounds of fresh fruit (or about 120 Avocados) annually, and it is a fruit - not a vegetable - and is actually botanically classified as a berry. Although not low in calories, the Avocado is nourishment-dense and rich in more than twenty five essential nutrients, including more protein, fiber, an exceptionally high potassium content (sixty percent more than banana), magnesium, vitamin E, folate, thiamin, niacin and riboflavin than any other of the twenty most commonly eaten fruits. The Avocado is naturally cholesterol and sodium free and also includes rich sources of chlorophyll, lutein, phosphorus, glutathione, beta-sitosterol, alpha- and beta-carotene, B-vitamins and vitamins E and K.

Recommended Dosage:
Take two (2) capsules, one (1) to two (2) times each day with water at mealtimes.

Contraindications:
Currently, there are no warnings or contraindications with the use of Avocado Herbal Supplement.

Capsule Information:
Our Avocado supplements are encapsulated in 100% Gluten-free, Vegetable Cellulose, Certified Kosher, size "00" Capsules.(click here for size comparison) Each capsule contains approximately 600 mgs.

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